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Deuteronomy 3:12-17

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12 "When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning 1at Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with 2its cities.
13 3The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, 4all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of 5Rephaim.
14 6Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of 7the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages 8after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
15 To Machir 9I gave Gilead,
16 and to the Reubenites 10and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, 11the border of the Ammonites;
17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from 12Chinnereth as far as 13the Sea of the Arabah, 14the Salt Sea, under 15the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
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Deuteronomy 3:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 3

In this chapter the account is carried on of the conquest of the Amorites by Israel, of Og king of Bashan, and his kingdom, De 3:1-11, and of the distribution of their country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, De 1:12-17 and then the command to the said tribes is observed, to go out armed before their brethren, and assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan, and then return to their possessions, De 3:18-20 and also that to Joshua not to fear, but to do to the Canaanitish kings and kingdoms what he had seen done to the two kings of the Amorites, De 3:21,22. After which Moses relates the request he made, to go over Jordan and see the good land, which was denied him, only he is bidden to look from the top of an hill to see it, De 3:23-27. And the chapter is closed with the charge he was to give Joshua, De 3:28 which was received in the valley where they abode, De 3:29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

  • 1. See Deuteronomy 2:36
  • 2. See Numbers 32:32-38; Joshua 13:8-13
  • 3. See Numbers 32:39-42; Joshua 13:29-31
  • 4. 1 Kings 4:13
  • 5. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 6. Numbers 32:41; [1 Chronicles 2:22, 23]
  • 7. Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11, 13; 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 13:37, 38
  • 8. Numbers 32:41
  • 9. Numbers 32:39
  • 10. [2 Samuel 24:5]
  • 11. Numbers 21:24; Joshua 12:2
  • 12. See Numbers 34:11
  • 13. Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; 2 Kings 14:25
  • 14. See Genesis 14:3
  • 15. [Numbers 21:15]
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